U.S. Marine Corps brass are en route to Puerto Rico, according to a post on X by AirAssets within the reporting window from 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. UTC on December 24, 2025. This development follows U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier operations at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Ceiba on December 23, as reported by Sent Defender on X and captured in a Reuters photograph, according to the previous update at 1:15 p.m. UTC today. Recent U.S. military aircraft deployments to nearby Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport include F-35s from the 158th Fighter Wing that arrived on December 21, confirmed by a U.S. Air National Guard photo shared by CoronetEast on X over the past two hours.
